Now based in the USA, Walt Siegl is an Austrian-born designer and fabricator of motorcycles. He’s internationally recognized for his timeless design, expert craftsmanship, and forward thinking technology and materials. Every motorcycle is hand built to order by Walt in his workshop, in a converted historic textile mill in rural New Hampshire.
Walt’s ‘series’ models are limited production runs that give clients options for extra customization, to reflect their tastes and riding preferences.
Always pushing to develop and challenge himself as a designer, Walt also takes on special projects, such as his electric motorcycle—commissioned by the Haas Moto Museum in Dallas.
Walt Siegl’s work has graced the pages of Bike EXIF since the publication’s early days. Based in New Hampshire, USA, the Austrian-born designer and custom motorcycle builder specializes in high-end Ducati customs that exemplify good taste and expert craftsmanship. With over a decade of Walt Siegl Motorcycles content to sift through, narrowing his portfolio down…
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Walt Siegl has built everything from 50s era Harley panheads to modern KTM enduros. But if there’s one thing his New Hampshire-based shop is known for over anything else, it’s custom Ducatis. Specifically, his vintage-inspired Ducati Leggero builds. Ducati Leggeros are emblematic to the Walt Siegl Motorcycles brand. They are equal parts form and function,…
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A client in France left the door wide open for Walt Siegl when he asked the New Hampshire-based craftsman to build him “a Harley.” Over three years, Siegl turned a 1952 Harley-Davidson Panhead bobber into a masterpiece. While he’s best known for his high-end, Kevlar-clad Italian exotics, Siegl has a fondness for hot rod bikes…
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There’s something lacking in contemporary superbike design. Aside from the odd alluring exception, most modern superbikes look sterile—even if they are lightning fast. Walt Siegl’s made-to-order, Ducati-powered SBK series is the antidote. Each SBK combines modern performance with timeless styling, sprinkled with cherry-picked parts and a healthy dollop of unobtanium. This is the fourth one…
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The world of electric motorcycles is, in many ways, still finding its feet. With full-blown electric motorcycles at one end of the…
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Walt Siegl builds dream machines. They’re analog fantasies on two wheels: limited edition European thoroughbreds packed with unobtanium components and clothed with…
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The bevel era is part of Ducati folklore. The engineering prowess of Fabio Taglioni made the British bikes of the 1970s look…
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For us, the Holy Grail of bike building is mixing timeless design with modern technology. It’s easier said than done, and usually…
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For Walt Siegl, performance and beauty go hand-in-hand. The bikes in his Ducati Leggero series are drop dead gorgeous, but they’re also…
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A drop-dead gorgeous dual sport Ducati from Walt Siegl, an unusually attractive CX500 from Australia, and a $66,000 cafe racer from the…
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It’s Dakar time right now, with over 160 motorcycles racing through Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. The rally raid bikes have always looked…
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No dream garage would be complete without a Walt Siegl Leggero series Ducati. Builds from the New Hampshire workshop are marked by…
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